Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Take Cover!

me), and
Jesse is a fellow writer and a friend, so we don’t always chat about my
work. This time it was about me, which
is doubly nice. My favorite subject.

Jesse
was delivering nothing but good news yesterday, which was good because I was
feeling extra stabby. I don’t know if it
was coming back to work from a nice three-day weekend, or all the projects that
I didn’t get done, or maybe the commute with construction on-going for the past
five years is just getting to me. Either
way, it was very welcome.

“Into
A Watery Grave”, my first horror/steampunk short was accepted by Harren Press
for their horror anthology which will feature Kevin J. Anderson. You probably already knew that. The story was good enough that my name will
appear on the cover alongside Mr. Anderson’s (haha). I was really pleased with how the story
turned out, and the world felt really alive to me. So much so, that I gave the main character, Aubrey
Hartmann, a second short story, which Harren Press is also publishing.

Constable
Hartmann may return in a novel length adventure sometime in the near future, as
soon as Hell Becomes Her is finished
and off to the publisher.

About Me

R.A. McCandless has been a writer both professionally and creatively for nearly two decades. He was born under a wandering star that led to a degree in Communication and English with a focus on creative writing. He is the author of the urban fantasy novel “Tears of Heaven” (EPIC Award Finalist) and “Hell Become Her” (due 2015). His short stories have appeared in “Nine Heroes: Tales of Heroic Fantasy”, “In Shambles” and “Gears, Gadgets and Steam”. He continues to research and write historical and genre fiction, battle sprinklers, and play with his three boys.